All About Our Knights

 Let's take some time to share fun facts about our Knight Family.  Can you figure out which Knight each one of these clues describes:

1. Who played the oboe in high school and throughout most of college?

2. Who has visited 17 National Parks together so far!  Our favorite is Mount Rainier outside of Seattle, Washington? 

3. Who has lived and worked in 6 states?

4. Who was recognized their senior year in high school I won two special category awards at the International Science and Engineering Fair?

Here are the answers to last week's questions:

1. Who played in a cemetery as a kid (grandparents ran one)? Terrie Heiser

2.  Who grew up riding horses. I was put in a saddle at age 5 and was riding by myself by age 7? Julie Larkowski

3.  Who has 1 sibling, a sister 18 years older than I am? Pat Ryan

4. Who is the only person in my family to ever earn a Bachelor's or Master's Degree?John Markovich

5.  Who has coached an Olympian? (OK - I coached him when he was 10-12 years old... but still!) Kristine Carson

Here are some hints to help you guess:

Erin Damisch- KHS

Joe Conroy- KHS

Sally Wilson- KHS

Jessica Bloomquist- KHS

Where is the World is the Graduate Profile

 This past week our Kaneland Graduate Profile has been busy!  We asked our staff to take a quick photo while on Spring Break showing all the amazing places you took the Graduate Profile.  Hopefully you were also sharing and discussing the commitments while on break too!  Here is a summary of the great adventures of the Graduate Profile!  

From ice cream, Color Me Mine, naval bases, seeing helicopters, enjoying the Florida sunset, loving Dollar General, taking in the sights in Gulf Shores, eating Panera, practicing bowling, cooking, getting hot on the BBQ, and breakfast at Syrup!  

The top two winners of the submission who will get an amazing Spring treat are.....

Fran Eggleston and Nancy Meisenger!  Congrats! 

All About Our Knights

Let's take some time to share fun facts about our Knight Family.  Can you figure out which Knight each one of these clues describes:

1. Who played in a cemetery as a kid (grandparents ran one)?

2.  Who grew up riding horses. I was put in a saddle at age 5 and was riding by myself by age 7?

3.  Who has 1 sibling, a sister 18 years older than I am?

4. Who is the only person in my family to ever earn a Bachelor's or Master's Degree?

4.  Who has coached an Olympian? (OK - I coached him when he was 10-12 years old... but still!) 

Here are some hints to help you guess:

Julie Larkowski- KHS

Pat Ryan- KHS

Kristine Carson- KHS

Terrie Heiser-KST

John Markovich- KHS

Possible NIU Cohort interest

 At this time we have had some staff members share interest in having a Curriculum and Instruction Masters Cohort from NIU held on our campus.  In order to approach NIU on brining coursework to Kaneland we need to see if we have enough interested staff.  Usually we need around 15-20 staff in a cohort in order to ask a university come out to our site.  If interested in pursuing a C and I Masters through NIU please share your interest with Sarah Mumm at 10358@kaneland.org. 

 

NIU Research on Applying PD

 Dear Kaneland Staff, 

 

You are invited to participate in a research study entitled “Barriers to the Impact of Teacher

Professional Development on Classroom Practice in Kaneland Public Schools 

” being conducted by Todd Reeves and Olha Ketsman, faculty members at Northern Illinois

University. The purpose of this survey is to understand barriers to the impact of teacher

professional development on classroom practice in Kaneland Public Schools. 

 

The study will involve completion of an online survey about barriers to the impact of teacher

professional development on classroom practice; and other factors that might be related to any

barriers you face, such as your level of teaching experience, grade level taught, and subject-

matter area 

The online survey should take about 15 minutes to complete. The information you individually

provide will anonymous. We would be grateful if you would participate in our study.  

No compensation will be provided for participation in this study.   

The survey and more information about the study can be accessed here. Or you can paste the  

following link into your Internet browser:

https://niu.az1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_3dBZBeGy8ODk6eq  

**The survey is best completed on a personal computer (e.g., laptop or desktop computer), rather

than a mobile/cell phone**  

 

Thank you in advance for your participation. 

 

Sincerely,  

 

Todd Reeves, Ph.D, Educational Technology, Research and Assessment, Northern Illinois

University, 815-753-9427 

Olha Ketsman, Ph.D, Educational Technology, Research and Assessment, Northern Illinois

University, 815-753-9687